AI for Recruiting: News, Tips, and Trends

Ji-A Min / Dec 13, 2017

Workplace diversity is defined as:
understanding, accepting, and valuing differences between people of different races, ethnicities, genders, ages, religions, disabilities, and sexual orientations, as well as differences in personalities, skill sets, experiences, and knowledge bases

So what’s next?

Here are the 6 best workplace diversity trends for 2018.

1. Adopting a more diverse definition of diversity

Although gender and ethnicity are still the major focal points, organizations are starting to invest in multiples areas of diversity.

The most recent HR survey by Harvey Nash asked, “Which areas are your organization actively pursuing to be more diverse?Continue reading

Ji-A Min / Dec 7, 2017

Artificial intelligence is gaining a lot attention in all areas of our lives including the workplace.

A Pew Research survey found that for U.S. adults who said they would want to apply for a job that used a computer program or algorithm to making hiring decisions, the #1 reason was because they believed it’d be more fair and less biased than humans.

Ji-A Min, Ideal‘s Head Data Scientist, spoke with Matthew Braga, CBC The National’s Senior Technology Reporter, for a story on how AI is being used to overcome bias in hiring.

Cost effectiveness: You save money because SaaS recruiting software doesn’t need IT infrastructure, maintenance, or staffing costs. All of that is handled by the provider and baked into your subscription cost, but said subscription cost is likely to be significantly less than the implementation and overhead costs of infrastructure and maintenance.
“Hit the ground running:” You can import existing data fairly easily, and because you don’t need to install and implement the software yourself (the provider does it), you can be up and running in hours.

Ji-A Min / Nov 30, 2017

With the continually improving economy and unemployment at a 16-year old low, what will the new year bring?

Here are my top 4 recruiting trends for 2018.

1. Hiring volume continues to increase

In 2017, 56% of recruiting teams predicted their hiring volume would increase.

A recent survey by Indeed found that hiring will continue to increase in 2018: 61% of recruiters expect to hire more people in 2018 than they did in 2017, while 29% expect to maintain current headcount, and only 10% are planning to reduce their hiring.Continue reading

Ji-A Min / Nov 28, 2017

And it looks like recruiters are embracing it: a recent survey from Jobvite finds that nearly 50% of recruiters feel positive about the effects of AI on their jobs while only 7% believe AI will have a negative effect.

In 2018? AI and automation are still going to be dominant themes in recruiting.

In 2017, most recruiting teams were familiarizing themselves with the concepts of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing. In 2018, we’ll see the maturation and mainstreaming of AI functions across the recruiting lifecycle.

Kayla Kozan / Nov 22, 2017

Few things in business life are as crucial as acquiring the right talent for your company. It’s perhaps ironic that in an increasingly technology-driven world, work is more and more a people-centred affair.

Recruitment is a skill like any other, and like all skills it requires training, experience and discernment. It also involves developing a network of contacts and building relationships with talent. Then there are the resources involved in delivering effective recruitment.

There comes a point in your company’s development when you have to decide whether you want to handle the recruitment process in-house or do you want to outsource it to a recruitment agency.Continue reading